The 10 Biggest Microsoft Stories Of 2011

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This might be remembered as the year Microsoft really got its cloud act together, with the launch of the well-received Office 365 cloud application suite, the debut of the Intune desktop PC management system, and plans to develop cloud versions of Microsoft's Dynamics ERP applications.

But it's more likely to be remembered for the never-ending sneak-peaks and previews of Windows 8, the next release of Microsoft's flagship product that's expected to be ready in 2012.

Here's what we considered to be the 10 biggest stories in the world of Microsoft in 2012.